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2003
MRS Fall Meeting MRS Symposium S: Thermoelectric Materials 2003-Research and Applications The symposium examines the state of the art in thermoelectric materials research. It will focus primarily on the scientific capabilities currently employed and those which are needed to provide new classes of thermoelectric materials with significant enhancement in the figure of merit through improved material properties, for example, electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties, and, ultimately, device performance. This provides a challenge to the thermoelectrics community; and, thus, the focus of this symposium is on new and innovative directions that will lead to the next generation thermoelectric materials for small-scale refrigeration and power generation applications. Potential applications for thermoelectric technologies will also be discussed with emphasis on tying specific material properties/issues to the desired applications. Overviews of some of the current application needs from thermoelectric devices and, thus, the requirements for new materials in terms of device design will be highlighted and discussed. The symposium will be designed to emphasize the multidisciplinary nature (materials science, physics, and chemistry) of the research needed to advance the science and technology of this field. Theoretical studies in the electrical and thermal properties, band structure calculations, and crystal chemistry approaches that further the "design" of materials for the most desirable thermoelectric properties will be included. Experimental efforts will include new capabilities in solid-state synthesis, new bulk materials, thin films, superlattices, and nanostructure materials. In addition, new developments in property measurement will play a central role in this symposium. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the following: ·
Theoretical guidance towards advanced thermoelectric materials Invited speakers (partial list) include: M.S. Dresselhaus (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), T. Harman (Lincoln Labs), J. Heremans (Delphi Automotive, Inc.), M.G. Kanatzidis (Michigan State Univ.), G. Mahan (Pennsylvania State Univ.), and R. Venkatasubramanian (RTI). Additional invited speakers will be added and upgraded from contributed papers. Partial graduate student support may be available. For information, contact Dr. George S. Nolas (Preference: gnolas@chuma1.cas.usf.edu). Symposium Organizers George
S. Nolas Jihui
Yang David
C. Johnson
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